San Mateo police investigating stabbing near Caltrain station

SAN MATEO -- Police are investigating a stabbing near the downtown Caltrain station that put a man in the hospital shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday.

Police received a call that there had been a stabbing just north of the Downtown Transit Center around 4:10 p.m., and found a victim suffering from a stab wound on the pedestrian footbridge that connects the center with the alley behind N. B Street.

The man was taken to a trauma center, but the severity of his injuries was not immediately divulged by police.

According to a news release, "this initially appears to have been an isolated incident."

Police said they need the public's help in determining what happened, and ask anyone who may have witnessed the act or what led up to it contact them at 650-522-7700.